Reading war, making memory : remembering the Bosnian war across Europe / Tea Sindbæk Andersen, Jessica Ortner, and Fedja Wierød Borčak.
| Author/creator | Sindbæk Andersen, Tea author |
| Other author | Ortner, Jessica author |
| Other author | Borčak, Fedja Wierød author |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Berghahn, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | viii, 303 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Worlds of memory ; Worlds of memory ; v. 17. ^A1415893 |
| Contents | Introduction. The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, literary memory mediations, and mnemonic migration -- The experiential child witness : Saša Stanišic's Wie Der Soldat Das Grammophon Repariert (How the Solider Repairs the Gramophone) -- Memory as a fictional trial : Nicol Ljubic's Meerestille (Stillness of the Sea) -- High-definition fictional witnessing : Aleksandar Hemon's 'A Coin' -- War memory seen through the banal boredom of refugee live : Alen Meškovic's Ukulele Jam -- Quantifiable success and public outreach : the roles of publishers, libraries, and publicity in mnemonic migration -- Professional readings and public remediations -- Reading Saša Stanišic's How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone : mediations, emotions, and prosthetic memory -- Fictional witnessing and frameworks of memory -- engaging with Stanišic's war memory -- Reading Ljubic, Hemon, and Meškovic : mediations, emotions and prosthetic memory -- Interpreting Ljubic, Hemon, and Meskovic -- targeted memory transmissions and frameworks of memory -- Fictional witnessing returning to Bosnia-Herzegovina -- opening mnemonic grey zones? -- Do readers remember one year later? -- Conclusions. Reading war, making memory? |
| Abstract | "In the fields of literary and memory studies, the cultural impact of the Bosnian War of 1992-1995 appears-despite the scale of devastation-somewhat minimal. Reading War, Making Memory focuses on how authors from the diaspora of the former Yugoslavia have transmitted and translated the realities of the war in their fiction, illuminating how these texts interpolate the culture and memory of Bosnia-Herzegovina into an act of "mnemonic migration." Drawing from close readings, studies of public reception, and focus group interviews, this volume explores the attempt to reshape social frameworks of memory, and the wider reception and impact of memory-making literature across Europe"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Sindbæk Andersen, Tea Reading war, making memory New York : Berghahn, 2026 9781836952312 |
| LCCN | 2025030779 |
| ISBN | 9781836952305 |
| ISBN | 1836952309 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | adobe electronic book |
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